WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump wrote a sexually suggestive tweet on Tuesday about New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, after the Democratic lawmaker called for him to resign over sexual misconduct allegations.
Trump wrote that "Lightweight" Gillibrand "would come to my office 'begging' for campaign contributions not so long ago (and would do anything for them)."
Trump's tweet was unusually provocative for a sitting U.S. president, and politically risky given national attention to the topic of sexual harassment of women as well as renewed attention to the allegations against him by more than a dozen women complaining of his past misconduct. Social media and cable television talk shows quickly ignited with bipartisan outrage.
Trump also called Gillibrand a "total flunky for" Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, her fellow Democratic senator from New York. He also referred to Gillibrand's statement earlier this month that Democratic President Bill Clinton should have resigned from office, calling Gillibrand "very disloyal."
Gillibrand hit back at Trump, saying he's brought "shame" to the Oval Office and telling the president he "cannot silence" her.
